Tinny Fleet
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- Melbourne Beach
Friends:
A couple years ago I saw a gent on a local pond (shallow, weedy and full of fish) with no ramp, that had wrestled a short but wide johnboat (probably about a 1040) and had it all set up. As I recall he had bow mounted a manual trolling motor, and had set up a raised swivel seat in the center... nice and balanced.
I like the idea of a super portable john boat that one person can drag into remote or somewhat inaccessible lakes, but that is set up for fishing, but that can handle the body mass and balancing skills of an....err... older person (no skinny kayaks!)
If anyone has pics on how they rig up their boats for this type of application I would be grateful for pics!
For sure there is a tradeoff between portability and loading the boat with all sorts of bells and whistles, but good ideas abound on this site! So please post your ideas!
Thanks in advance!
A couple years ago I saw a gent on a local pond (shallow, weedy and full of fish) with no ramp, that had wrestled a short but wide johnboat (probably about a 1040) and had it all set up. As I recall he had bow mounted a manual trolling motor, and had set up a raised swivel seat in the center... nice and balanced.
I like the idea of a super portable john boat that one person can drag into remote or somewhat inaccessible lakes, but that is set up for fishing, but that can handle the body mass and balancing skills of an....err... older person (no skinny kayaks!)
If anyone has pics on how they rig up their boats for this type of application I would be grateful for pics!
For sure there is a tradeoff between portability and loading the boat with all sorts of bells and whistles, but good ideas abound on this site! So please post your ideas!
Thanks in advance!